RHINELANDER - Peeling decals, a broken clock, and overgrown bushes marked a downtown Rhinelander corner for at least a decade.

But a new LED display sign and a recognition of veterans are on the way.

They will make up the new look for the corner of Courtney and Davenport.

Rhinelander-based startup Digital Outdoors is making the project its first since the company's creation.

"We're going to revamp this corner for the beautification of Rhinelander. We'll be putting in a Veterans' Memorial Park where people can buy bricks to memorialize their veteran that they love," says Digital Outdoors sign operator Amanda Sampey.

The park will include flowers and benches for reflection.

It should be complete by late fall or early spring.

Meanwhile, the new sign will be put up on May 28.

The three-sided display will have a picture quality similar to the billboard you see here.

Information and ads will change every six seconds.

"When local residents see the Digital Outdoors sign that's coming in on May 28, they'll be pleasantly surprised...Digital Outdoors hopes to take this corner that was an eyesore and turn it into a beautiful corner for downtown Rhinelander to enjoy," says Sampey.

Each panel on the sign will be five and a half feet tall and fourteen feet wide.

- It's a clash. More schools want to provide technology for students, like laptops. But some students can't use them at home for lack of internet access. Find out how one local school district handles this problem, tonight on Newswatch 12.

- Plus, the state championship for high school gymnastics takes place this weekend in Madison. One Rhinelander athlete had her best performance of her career in sectionals and will head to state.

We'll have the details on these stories and more tonight on Newswatch 12 - news from where you live.

CHESTER, IL - A former suburban Chicago police officer convicted of killing his third wife and suspected in his fourth wife's disappearance has pleaded not guilty to trying to hire someone to kill the prosecutor who helped put him in prison.

Drew Peterson entered the plea Tuesday in a southern Illinois courtroom with his feet shackled. He also waived a preliminary hearing.

RHINELANDER - Some people call the Northwoods home, but one Northwoods woman calls Africa her home.

Twenty-year-old Tanya Whittaker grew up doing missionary work with her family in Sekanani, Kenya. The village is about six to eight hours from the capital city of Nairobi. Since she was two, she helped her father, a Northwoods native, and her mother, from Germany, serve the small community, building structures and teaching Christianity.

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